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Ep 1: We Got 2020’d!

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Ep 2: Richard Shaw: From Musical Theatre to Cradle of Filth

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Ep 3: Richard Shaw: What goes on tour, goes on social media

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Ep 4: David Abbruzzese: From Eddie Vedder to Axl Rose

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Ep 5: David Abbruzzese: Bong hits and Bonham

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Ep 6: Cara Maria Sorbello: I sold my soul to MTV

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Ep 7: Angel Vivaldi: Knowledge Bombs for DIY Artists and Entrepreneurs

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Ep 8: Jason Costa: We Weren't a Band, We Were a F*cking Pack of Wolves

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Ep 9: Jason Costa: What the F*ck is Ghostbusters Doing On Stage!?

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Ep 10: Jason Lekberg: Get the F*ck Off the Stage!

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Ep 11: Jason Lekberg: Hey, Dave Mustaine, You're My Dad!

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Ep 12: Rusty Cooley: I Was One Foot Away From Being Under the Bridge

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Ep 13: Rusty Cooley: The Fine Line Between Creativity and Insanity

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Ep 14: Adam Gilbert: Drummer, Entrepreneur and Beard Enthusiast

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Ep 15: Adam Gilbert: Starset's a Band of Nerds with Big Hearts

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Ep 16: Did Ozzy REALLY Bite the Head Off a Dove!?

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Ep 17: Dan Beck: From Michael Jackson to Cyndi Lauper to Muhammad Ali

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Ep 18: Ernie Boch Jr: Guitars, Cars and Rockstars

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Ep 19: Ernie Boch Jr: It Was More Difficult to Meet Ringo Starr Than the Last Few Presidents

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Ep 20: David Abbruzzese: Red Hot Chili Peppers and Magic Mushrooms

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Ep 21: David Abbruzzese: Axl Rose Trusted Me to Steer the Ship

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Ep 22: Kelly Kereliuk: The Best Guitarist You Haven't Heard of... Yet.

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Ep 23: Kelly Kereliuk: How to Write A Catchy Guitar Solo

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Ep 24: Rodolfo Zuniga: Julio Iglesias Doesn’t Wait for Anybody

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Ep 25: Rodolfo Zuniga: I Was Prepared to Get Fired Immediately

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Ep 26: Paulie Calafiore: From MTV to The Olympics

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Ep 27: Richard Shaw: "What a Dick"

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Ep 28: Richard Shaw: I Went Against What My Teachers Told Me

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Ep 29: Steve Stevens: Rebel Yell Was Recorded on a $600 Guitar

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Ep 30: Steve Stevens: Why Billy Idol Doesn't Use Pyro (Hint: Blame Nickleback)

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Ep 31: John Garabedian: How to Spot a Hit Song

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Ep 32: John Garabedian: Build Your Own Stage

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Ep 33: Satchel: You're Gonna F*cking Love This and If You Don't I'm Gonna Kick You In The Balls

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Ep 34: Satchel: You're Either FOR Free Speech or You're Not

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Ep 35: Paul Geary: The Dream to Extreme to Wembley Stadium with Queen

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Ep 36: Paul Geary: Managing Godsmack, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp and More

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Ep 37: Drew Ann Rosenberg: From New York Theater to Hollywood Feature Films

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Ep 38: Drew Ann Rosenberg: What It Takes to Run a Movie Set

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Ep 39: Shannon Larkin: Godsmack's Psychedelic Biker

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Ep 40: Shannon Larkin: Here Comes The Apocalypse

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Ep 41: Jeff Schroeder: How I Went Around The World For Free

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Ep 42: Jeff Schroeder: You Don't Know What You Don't Know

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Ep 43: Shani Kimelman: From The City of God to Sin City

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Ep 44: Daniel Hartwell: You Know You've "Made It" When You're Getting Sued

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Ep 45: Daniel Hartwell: The "Kick-In-The-Ass" Coach

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Ep 46: Alex Boylan: Moving to the Caribbean with a Backpack and $500

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Ep 47: Alex Boylan: Build a Kingdom While Everyone Else is Sleeping

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Ep 48: Ulrich Wild: A Record is a Snapshot in Time (From Pantera to Snoop Dogg)

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Ep 49: Ulrich Wild: I Learned a Lot from Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul

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Ep 50: Paul Lourenco: I've Only Been in 45 or 50 Bands

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Ep 51: Paul Lourenco: You're Not Wrong, You're Just an A**holeline

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Ep 52: Amy Sciarretto: Sometimes You Have to Pivot and Eat Sh*t

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Ep 53: Amy Sciarretto: Is Your Band Ready for a Publicist??

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Ep 54: *SPECIAL EDITION* The Apocalypse Blues Revival Takeover!

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Ep 55: David Ellefson: Play Fewer Notes, Make More Money

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Ep 56: David Ellefson: Learn to Swim with the Sharks

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Ep 57: Doc Coyle: Making a Fresh Start at 34

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Ep 58: Doc Coyle: Don't Wait for Permission

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Ep 59: Paul Haber: They Didn't Think I Was Going to Survive the Night

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Ep 60: Paul Haber: One Slip-up and We're Sued

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Ep 61: Mikey Doling: Butt F*cking Naked, D*ck Out in Front of 20,000 People

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Ep 62: Alex Skolnick: My Friends Were Going to College and I Was Signing a Record Deal

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Ep 63: Alex Skolnick: People Thought I Was Crazy

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Ep 64: David Abbruzzese w/ GUEST HOST Shannon Larkin: Mushroom Tea and Memories

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Ep 65: David Abbruzzese w/ Shannon Larkin: Who Needs Drugs When You Have Friends Like These?

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Ep 66: Jon Donais: Touring with Legends and Legends Never Die

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Ep 67: Jon Donais: I'm Sitting on 7 or 8 Years of Riffs

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Ep 68: Steve Wood: I Liked the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll... Just Not the Working Part

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Ep 69: Steve Wood: Dinner with George Harrison

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Ep 70: Burton Roberts: We Were Ahead of Our Time and People Thought We Were Crazy

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Ep 71: Jason Lekberg: Heavy Metal Dinosaurs

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Ep 72: Jason Lekberg: Believing in Yourself to a FRIGHTENING Degree

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Ep 73: Elizabeth Zharoff (The Charismatic Voice): The Bob Ross of Metal Music

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Ep 74: Elizabeth Zharoff (The Charismatic Voice): The Bob Ross of Metal Music

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Ep 75: Matthew LaPierre: That Time I Almost Strangled Benny

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Ep 76: Matthew LaPierre: Getting Punched in the Face On-Stage

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Ep 77: It's a Miracle These Records Were ACTUALLY Released

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Ep 78: Brock Richards: The Path to Starset

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Ep 79: Brock Richards: I Said "F*ck This" and I Wrote What I Wanted to Write

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Ep 80: Richard Shaw: There's No Such Thing as Original Music

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Ep 81: Richard Shaw: The Moment That Changed the Way I Practice

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Ep 82: Mark Tremonti: I Was Told NOT to Learn Music Theory

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Ep 83: Mark Tremonti: It Pissed Me Off When They Said 'You're a Guitar Player'... I'm a Songwriter

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Ep 84: Maria Ferrero: Buy Me a One-Way Ticket to Hollywood

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Ep 85: Maria Ferrero: You Want to Change What People Think of You? Change What You're Doing

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Ep 86: Ryan Roxie: Seeing an Alice Cooper Show Is a Generational Right-of-Passage

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Ep 87: Ryan Roxie: Ego F*ckery

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Ep 88: Mikey Doling w/ GUEST HOST Shannon Larkin: Meth Isn’t the Drug for Me

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Ep 89: Mikey Doling w/ GUEST HOST Shannon Larkin: The Strippers Would Buy Us Groceries

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Ep 90: John Garabedian: Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!

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Ep 91: John Garabedian: The Guy with the Gold Makes the Rules

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Ep 92: Steve Wood: Chocolate Chip Cookies with Gene Simmons

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Ep 93: Dustin Bates w/ GUEST HOST Steve Wood: We'll Self-Manage Until it's Ludicrous Not To

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Ep 94: Matt Bachand: Playing 80's KISS with Joey Jordison

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Ep 95: Matt Bachand: The Reality of Money and Music

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Ep 96: Mariko: Bringing Classical Influence to Rock and Pop Music

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Ep 97: Mariko: Performing Prince Music with Madonna on National TV

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Ep 98: Satchel: We Didn't Want Lexxi Foxx to Leave Steel Panther

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Ep 99: Satchel: I F*cking Destroyed Ronnie James Dio in Ms. Pac-Man

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Ep 100: Jimi Bell: When I Play Guitar, I Go For the Jugular

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Ep 101: Jimi Bell: Writing Black Sabbath's "Master of Insanity"

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Ep 102: Doc Coyle: I Will Never Let the Music Industry Hold Me Hostage

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Ep 103: Doc Coyle: Addicted to Being Wrong

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Ep 104: Amit Sharma: I Eat Scales for Breakfast

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Ep 105: Amit Sharma: I Hope You're F*cking Listening!

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Ep 106: Jim Foster: Every Minute Matters

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Ep 107: Jim Foster: Who Cares If You Suck As Long As You Look Cool Doing It?

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Ep 108: Nuno Bettencourt: We're Gonna Get Cancelled

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Ep 109: Nuno Bettencourt: Music Has No Place In the Record Business

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Ep 110: Myles Kennedy: When You Get Out of Your Own Way, That's Where the Magic Is

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Ep 111: Myles Kennedy: The Differences in Performing with Slash and Mark Tremonti

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Ep 112: Gene Joly: Without The Beatles, There Would Be No Guitar Center

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Ep 113: Gene Joly: You Wanna Go Places? Work Your Ass Off

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Ep 114: Roddy Chong: The 'David Lee Roth' of Violin

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Ep 115: Roddy Chong: Surround Yourself with Successful People and Never Complain

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Ep 116: dUg Pinnick: You Gotta Get Sh*t on to Get Better

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Ep 117: dUg Pinnick: People Aren't Listening to What Dave Chappelle is Saying

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Ep 118: Zuzana Engererova: Leaving Your 9 to 5 to Play Music Full-Time

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Ep 119: Zuzana Engererova:[Pt. 2]: What I Learned Touring with Starset

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Ep 120: Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal [Pt. 1]: Learning to Play Eruption BACKWARDS

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Ep 121: Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal [Pt. 2]: Be F*cking Genuine

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Ep 122: Ron DeChant [Pt. 1]: Fear Drives Me Further

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Ep 123: Ron DeChant [Pt. 2]: The LAST Thing I Do On Tour is Play Bass

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Ep 124: Kevin Martin [Pt. 1]: Grunge Was the Last Movement of REAL Rock & Roll

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Ep 125: Kevin Martin [Pt. 2]: You Can't Have Your Whisky If You Don't Finish Your Cocaine!

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Ep 126: Alex Skolnick [Pt. 1]: Not Everyone Will Like What I Have to Say But They're Gonna Hear It

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Ep 127: Alex Skolnick [Pt. 2]: It Was Tough to Get Gigs as "The Guy From Testament"

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Ep 128: Shota Nakama: The Brainchild of Video Game Orchestra

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Ep 129: Shota Nakama [Pt. 2]: Death is the Only Failure

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Ep 130: Cody Ash [Pt. 1]: If You're Gonna LOOK Loud, BE Loud Too

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Ep 131: Cody Ash [Pt. 2]: Jelly Roll Is the Sweetest Man, But He'll Also F*ck You Up

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Ep 132: Gary Holt [Pt. 1]: Prince is the Mozart of Popular Music

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Ep 133: Gary Holt [Pt. 2]: There’s Only Exodus, and a Bunch of F*cking Pretenders

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Ep 134: Chris Caffery [Pt. 1]: I Opened for Metallica Then Went to High School the Next Day

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Ep 135: Chris Caffery [Pt. 2]: I Miss the Chaos

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Ep 136: Joel Hoekstra: The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get

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Ep 137: Paul Lourenco [Pt. 1]: The Organized Chaos of Lost Symphony

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Ep 138: Paul Lourenco [Pt. 2]: You Don't Need to Snap It to the Grid, You Need to Go Practice

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Ep 139: Corey Lowery [Pt. 1]: Rock without the Rebellion Is Just Notes

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Ep 140: Corey Lowery [Pt. 2]: I'm Gonna Make Something Happen, Period

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Ep 141: Brock Richards: STARSET Tour Update

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Ep 142: Keith Wallen [Pt. 1]: I Wanna Be an Escape from the Negativity

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Ep 143: Keith Wallen [Pt. 2]: How’s It Feel to Open... For Yourself?

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Ep 144: Steve Wood [Pt.1]: Tour Managing Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Marty Friedman and More/h4>

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Ep 145: Steve Wood [Pt. 2]: Breaking a Band in 2022

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Ep 146: Jim Wysocki [ Pt. 1]: The Deal I Made with Les Paul

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Ep 147: Jim Wysocki [Pt. 2] - Les Paul vs. Eddie Van Halen

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Ep 148: Kishi Bashi: Getting Away from Toxic Masculinity in Music

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Ep 149: Richard Shaw [Pt. 1]: I Never Made a Living Off of Cradle of Filth

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Ep 150: Richard Shaw [ Pt. 2]: I Am OBSESSED with Songwriting

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Ep 151: Dave Fortman [Pt. 1]: How to Produce a Multi-Platinum Selling Record [Evanescence]

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Ep 152: Dave Fortman [Pt. 2]: Detailing the Production of Evanescence

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Ep 153: David Ellefson: Dave Mustaine is Fighting with Himself (The Truth About Being in Megadeth)

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Ep 154: David Ellefson: Dave Mustaine is Fighting with Himself (The Truth About Being in Megadeth)

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Ep 154: Sammy Ash [Pt. 1]: The Beatles Changed the Industry Overnight

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Ep 155: Sammy Ash [Pt. 2]: We're Not Interested in World Domination Unless it Falls in Our Lap

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Ep. 156 - Jonathan Wyner [Pt. 1]: What the Hell is Mastering, Anyway??

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Ep. 157 - Jonathan Wyner [Pt. 2]: Artificial Intelligence in the Audio World

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Ep. 158 - Damien Riehl: Copyrighting EVERY Melody Ever...

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Ep. 159 - Cory Juba [Pt. 1]: The Three Pillars of Starset's Sound

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Ep. 160 - Cory Juba [Pt. 2]: Pro Tips for Songwriters

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Ep. 161 - Bob St. John [Pt. 1]: Use the Technology, but Don't Let the Technology Use You

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Ep. 162 - Bob St. John [Pt. 2]: The Mixing Mercenary

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Ep. 163 - Ron DeChant [Pt. 1]: It's Been 10 Years and We're Just Getting Started

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Ep. 164 - Ron DeChant [Pt. 2]: Refining the Starset Trajectory

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Ep. 165 - Steve Stevens: My Number One Job Working with Billy Idol

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Ep. 166 - Brock Richards: The First Thing I Do After a Starset Tour

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Ep. 167 - 2022 Recap

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Ep. 168 - Shannon Larkin [Pt. 1]: I Don't Give a F*ck About Fame or Fortune

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Ep. 169 - Shannon Larkin [Pt. 2]: Writing the New Godsmack Record

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Ep. 170 - Richard Shaw [Pt. 1]: I May Have Been TOO Honest...

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Ep. 171 - Richard Shaw [Pt. 2]: Writing for Cradle of Filth Felt Like a Job

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Ep. 172 - David Abbruzzese [Pt. 1]: I Would Play with Pearl Jam Again for Free

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Ep. 173 - David Abbruzzese [Pt. 2]: The First Song I'd Play Back with Pearl Jam

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Ep. 174 - Zuzana [Pt. 1]: The Challenges of Playing Strings in Starset

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Ep. 175 - Zuzana [Pt. 2]: The Most Unique Recording Session

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Ep. 176 - Satchel: Steel Panther Is More than Just D*ck Jokes

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Ep. 177 - Kelly Kereliuk: Soloing Between Marty Friedman and Nuno Bettencourt

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Ep. 178 - Rob Graves [Pt. 1]: Starset and Red Producer on Developing a Modern Sound

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Ep. 179 - Rob Graves [Pt. 2]: Developing Starset's Sound

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Ep. 180 - Abigail Posner: Is Google ACTUALLY Watching Us?

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Ep. 181 - John Phillips: Tour Managing Breaking Benjamin, Starset, Snoop Dogg and Ice-T

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Ep. 182 - Joey Concepcion: Filling in with Arch Enemy in Front of 50K People

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